Drinking Water, Health and Sanitation

14 December 2011
Last Updated on 28 February 2014
Sundar Nepal

Sanitation, Health and Hygiene for All

Sanitation is one of the growing issues in the world. Four of every ten people in the world do not have access to even a simple pit latrine; and nearly two in ten have no source of safe drinking water. Water supply and sanitation services, as well as water as a resource, are critical to sustainable development—from environmental protection and food security to increased tourism and investment, from the empowerment of women and the education of girls to reduction in productivity losses due to morbidity and malnutrition.The Millennium Development Goal aims to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015.

BNA in the financial support from SNV has been implementing a pilot project on Sanitation in three VDCs of Surkhet district namely Lekhpharsa, Gumi and Chhinchhu for last two years.The piloting is very successful regarding to the installation of the toilets in no subsidy model. The program is a model program and many lessons has been learned from the project. The project activities are mainly focused on the district level coordination, VDC level intensive mobilization and facilitation with different triggering activities and awareness raising activities.

ODF declaration ceremony in Hariharpur, Surkhet 2014 AD

The major program activities in district level under this pilot project are: district level workshops for district officials, Training on CLTS/SLTS promotion for development actors, Produce and broadcast “Radio Program on Sanitation and Hygiene promotion". Activities at local level are: update baseline information, orientation and sensitization for VDC sanitation and hygiene plan, Monitoring,Mobilize Hygiene and Sanitation Promoters & FCHVs to develop awareness and door to door visit, Support child clubs, Joint monitoring by district WASH committeeandVDCWASH committee.

Four of the VDCs namely Lekhpharsa, Gumi, Bidyapur, Hariharpur has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) VDC and some are in final stage for the ODF as the outcome of the project along with the intensive change in behaviour of the local people that will led to the sustainability of the project. The project activities on WASH are being implemented in ODF completed and new VDCs as per the decison of District level Water and Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (DWASHCC).

Awareness Campaing on Sanitation at School level in Surkhet

Completed Drinking Water Projects:

Sundar Nepal as an implementing partner of Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH), has completed the following Drinking Water, Health and Sanitation in Surkhet district.